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Swift Boost Mission
July 14 , 2026
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- NASA launched the Swift Boost Mission, the first satellite servicing mission to extend the life of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
- The mission sent the privately built LINK servicing spacecraft developed by Katalyst Space Technologies to capture and raise Swift’s orbit.
- Swift Observatory, launched in 2004, studies gamma-ray bursts and high-energy cosmic events.
- LINK will use robotic arms and ion thrusters to move Swift to a higher orbit of about 600 km, extending its operational life.
- The mission also marked the 45th and final flight of Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket, which began operations in 1990.
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